​My work for the SARA Project was primarily focused on building a new SARA Framework for Unity 2017 as a lightweight replacement to the older VHToolkit and Smartbody base frameworks.

To control the virtual SARA humanoid character, a formatted JSON message is sent to the Unity Player, which then parses the incoming data and plays advanced synchronized body animation control, blendshape facial expressions, lip-sync, text-to-speech, and more.

The intention is that the New SARA Unity Framework can be built on top of for all future projects of the Articulab moving forward for superior compatibility, faster development, and easier maintenance.